Roll-restraining dispensing carton

Abstract

Disclosed is a dispensing container for material in roll form having receptacle-like collars which prevent inadvertent removal or "pop-out" of the roll when sheet-like material is drawn from the roll. The collars are inwardly inclined and situated in the ends of the dispensing container.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A dispensing container for flexible sheet-like materials supplied in roll form, the dispensing container comprising a generally rectangular box, wherein the box has connected by folding lines a back panel, a front panel, first and second side panels, a bottom panel, and a roll restraining means for preventing inadvertent removal of a roll from the dispensing container when sheet-like material is to be drawn therefrom, the box defining front and rear corners, the roll restraining means comprising a retention member adjacent each side panel, the retention members defining collars for a roll having a core, the core having end portions, the collars being retentionally coextensive with and adapted to receive the end portions of the core, the retention members comprising struts and receptacle sides, the receptacle sides being inwardly inclined at an acute angle with respect to the side panels and extending to the rear corners, the struts being positioned outward at generally right angles with respect to the receptacle sides and connecting thereto, the struts having front portions, the front portions of the struts being in general abutment with the front corners. 
     
     
       2. The dispensing container as recited in claim 1, wherein the receptacle sides are connected to the back panel. 
     
     
       3. The dispensing container as recited in claim 1, wherein the retention members are foldably attached to the remainder of the dispensing container and are composed of the same material of construction as the remainder of the dispensing container. 
     
     
       4. The dispensing container according to claim 3, wherein the retention members are composed of cardboard. 
     
     
       5. The dispensing container according to claim 3, wherein the retention members are composed of paperboard. 
     
     
       6. The dispensing container as recited in claim 1, wherein the dispensing container further comprises first and second side flanges, a tab flange, a cutter bar having a cutting edge, and a front flange, wherein the bottom panel is foldably attached to the front panel and the back panel, the front flange being foldably attached to the top panel, the first and second side flanges being connected to the front flange, the first and second side flanges being foldably attached to the top panel, the top panel being foldably attached to the back panel, the cutter bar being mounted flush to the outer surface of the bottom panel such that the edge of the cutter bar is exposed at the front panel-bottom panel interface, the tab flange being detachable and connected to the front flange along a scored or grooved line, the inner surface of the tab flange being in contiguous overlapping contact with the outer surface of the front panel, such contact being secured therewith by adhering means situated on the outer surface of the front panel, and a slot-like aperture between the front panel and the front flange for withdrawing sheet-like material therethrough, the slot-like aperture being exposed when the tab flange is detached from the front flange and the front panel. 
     
     
       7. The dispensing container according to claim 6, wherein the adhering means comprises a plurality of oval-shaped impressions upon which glue means are situated. 
     
     
       8. The dispensing container as recited in claim 1, wherein a front portion of the container comprises the front panel, a front flange, and an aperture therebetween, the front panel extending from one-third to two-thirds the height of the front portion of the container. 
     
     
       9. The blank of claim 8 wherein the retention member is formed from a unitary piece, the flap and the receptacle being connected to the back panel, the flap and the receptacle having a line of severance therebetween. 
     
     
       10. A package, the package comprising the dispensing container of claim 1 and a roll of flexible sheet-like material therein. 
     
     
       11. A blank of a dispensing container for a roll of flexible sheet-like material, comprising an interconnected bottom panel, top panel, a front flange, a back panel, a front panel, first and second side panels, and first and second retention members, the retention members being attached to the back panel, the retention members having means forming collars retentionally coextensive with and adapted to receiving end portions of a core of the roll upon assembly of the dispensing container from the blank, the retention members comprising flaps, struts, and receptacle sides, the flaps being parallel and adjacent to the side panels, the receptacle sides being inwardly inclined at an acute angle with respect to the flaps and connected to the back panel, the struts being positioned outward at generally right angles with respect to the receptacle sides and connected thereto, the front panel, the side panels, and the bottom panel forming front corners, the struts having front portions, the front portions of the struts being in abutment with the front corners.